Anyone tried ports on the side?

[5o4m6 10+ year member]

I am about to build a ported box for one 12 with aeroports to save weight and room. I dont want too deep of a box, so I will have a longer width..something like 14(h)x21.25(w)x16(d). Therefore the only reasonably place to put the aero/flare port without bending it will be on the side. The sub would be on the back facing trunk or on top facing deck. I just want to know if someone has tried ports on teh side and what were the results. This would be in a trunk car.

I also designed a box for sub and port back(since I read that it works the best for trunk cars), but would like to use that as my last option. here is the picture of this box:

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[bball09124 10+ year member]

I am about to build a ported box for one 12 with aeroports to save weight and room. I dont want too deep of a box, so I will have a longer width..something like 14(h)x21.25(w)x16(d). Therefore the only reasonably place to put the aero/flare port without bending it will be on the side. The sub would be on the back facing trunk or on top facing deck. I just want to know if someone has tried ports on teh side and what were the results. This would be in a trunk car.

I also designed a box for sub and port back(since I read that it works the best for trunk cars), but would like to use that as my last option. here is the picture of this box:

That should be fine.

 

[5o4m6 10+ year member]

k I just did a quick sketch and this is what I have a question about..anyone did something similar to this:

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

should work fine either way....

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

People try off axis aero's all the time. I couldnt tell you f they were effective or not however.

 

[5o4m6 10+ year member]

ok thanks..yea I figure it would work, but was wondering how effective..I guess trial and error.

 

[grassroots 10+ year member]

every single car and trunk will be different... might be better or worse. only way to tell is to try it...

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

thats how my last box was but with a straight slot port sub loaded toward the rear of the trunk port on the drivers side did well on the meter so it shold be fine

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

Has been done many times. This setup fired the ports to the driver side and subs forward. It hit a 148.9 @ the headrest.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

Has been done many times. This setup fired the ports to the driver side and subs forward. It hit a 148.9 @ the headrest.

is that two amps stacked on each other?

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

oh snap, Ben comes back to Ca.com. congrats on meca S1 domination.

I've done 2 boxes with the sub facing back and aeroport facing the side. I believe what is important is to get the pressure hitting the trunk wall as close to the seats as possible. I've been having great results lately, there's even a box I have in my gallery to the left there as an example. Your trunk may not like it, but tis fun to try

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

 

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[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

Try that box design. If firing back it will help keep the wave from getting blocked due to the skinniness of the box. A long skinny box also pushes the subs away from the ports, which is a good thing. You can thank me later //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif